< Danilo 3 >
1 Car Navuhodonosor naèini zlatan lik, kojemu visina bješe šezdeset lakata, a širina šest lakata; i namjesti ga u polju Duri u zemlji Vavilonskoj.
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
2 I posla car Navuhodonosor da saberu knezove, upravitelje i vojvode, starješine, riznièare, sudije, nastojnike i sve vlastelje zemaljske, da doðu da se osveti lik što ga postavi car Navuhodonosor.
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
3 Tada se skupiše knezovi, upravitelji i vojvode, starješine, riznièari, sudije, nastojnici, i svi vlastelji zemaljski, da se osveti lik što ga postavi car Navuhodonosor; i stadoše pred likom što ga postavi Navuhodonosor.
Then the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
4 A glasnik povika iza glasa: narodi, plemena i jezici, vama se govori.
Then the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,
5 Kad èujete rog, svirale, kitare, gusle, psaltire, pjevanje i svakojake svirke, popadajte i poklonite se zlatnomu liku, koji postavi car Navuhodonosor.
that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up;
6 A ko ne bi pao i poklonio se, onaj èas biæe baèen u peæ ognjenu užarenu.
and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
7 Zato svi narodi kako èuše rog, svirale, kitare, gusle, psaltire i svakojake svirke, popadaše svi narodi, plemena i jezici, i pokloniše se zlatnome liku koji postavi car Navuhodonosor.
Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
8 A neki Haldeji taj èas doðoše i tužiše Jevreje,
Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews.
9 I progovoriše i rekoše caru Navuhodonosoru: care, da si živ dovijeka!
They answered and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, live for ever.
10 Ti si, care, zapovjedio, svaki ko èuje rog, svirale, kitare, gusle, psaltire, i pjevanje i svakojake svirke, da padne i pokloni se zlatnome liku;
Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;
11 A ko ne bi pao i poklonio se, da se baci u peæ ognjenu užarenu.
and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
12 A imaju ljudi Jevreji, koje si postavio nad poslovima zemlje Vavilonske, Sedrah, Misah i Avdenago; ti ljudi, care, ne haju za te, ne poštuju tvojih bogova, i ne klanjaju se zlatnom liku, koji si postavio.
There are certain Jews whom thou hast appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
13 Tada Navuhodonosor u gnjevu i ljutini zapovjedi da dovedu Sedraha, Misaha i Avdenaga. I dovedoše te ljude pred cara.
Then Nebuchadnezzar in [his] rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king.
14 Navuhodonosor progovori i reèe im: je li istina, Sedraše, Misaše i Avdenago, da vi ne služite mojim bogovima i da se ne klanjate zlatnome liku koji postavih?
Nebuchadnezzar answered and said unto them, Is it of purpose, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, that ye serve not my god, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
15 Jeste li dakle gotovi, kad èujete rog, svirale, kitare, gusle, psaltire i pjevanje i svakojake svirke, da padnete i poklonite se liku koji naèinih? ako li se ne poklonite, onaj èas biæete baèeni u peæ ognjenu užarenu; a koji je bog što æe vas izbaviti iz mojih ruku?
Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made, [well]: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my hands?
16 Odgovoriše Sedrah, Misah i Avdenago, i rekoše caru Navuhodonosoru: nije nam trijebe da ti odgovorimo na to.
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter.
17 Evo, Bog naš, kojemu mi služimo, može nas izbaviti iz peæi ognjene užarene; i izbaviæe nas iz tvojih ruku, care.
If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king.
18 A i da ne bi, znaj, care, da bogovima tvojim neæemo služiti niti æemo se pokloniti zlatnom liku, koji si postavio.
But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
19 Tada se Navuhodonosor napuni gnjeva, i lice mu se promijeni na Sedraha, Misaha i Avdenaga, i odgovarajuæi zapovjedi da se užari peæ sedam puta veæma nego što bješe obièaj.
Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: [therefore] he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
20 I zapovjedi najjaèim ljudima što bijahu u vojsci njegovoj da svežu Sedraha, Misaha i Avdenaga, i da ih bace u peæ ognjenu užarenu.
And he commanded certain mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, [and] to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
21 Tada svezaše one ljude u plaštima njihovijem i u obuæi i pod kapama i u svemu odijelu njihovu, i baciše ih u peæ ognjenu užarenu.
Then these men were bound in their hosen, their tunics, and their mantles, and their [other] garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
22 Kako zapovijest careva bješe hitna i peæ vrlo užarena, plamen ognjeni ubi one ljude koji bacahu Sedraha, Misaha i Avdenaga.
Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.
23 A ta tri èovjeka, Sedrah, Misah i Avdenago, padoše usred peæi ognjene užarene.
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
24 Tada se prepade car Navuhodonosor, i brže ustav progovori i reèe svojim dvoranima: ne bacismo li tri èovjeka svezana u oganj? Odgovoriše i rekoše caru: da, care.
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste: he spake and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
25 Odgovori i reèe: eno, vidim èetiri èovjeka odriješena gdje hode posred ognja i nije im ništa, i èetvrti kao da je sin Božji.
He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the aspect of the fourth is like a son of the gods.
26 Tada pristupi Navuhodonosor na vrata ognjenoj peæi užarenoj, i progovori i reèe: Sedraše, Misaše i Avdenago, sluge Boga višnjega, izidite i hodite. Tada Sedrah, Misah i Avdenago izidoše isred ognja.
Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace: he spake and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the Most High God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego came forth out of the midst of the fire.
27 I sabraše se knezovi i upravitelji i vojvode i vijeænici carevi, i vidješe te ljude gdje im tijelu oganj ništa ne može, niti im se kosa na glavi opali, niti im se plašti što promijeniše, niti zadah od ognja prionu za njih.
And the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power upon their bodies, nor was the hair of their head singed, neither were their hosen changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them.
28 Progovori Navuhodonosor i reèe: da je blagosloven Bog Sedrahov, Misahov i Avdenagov, koji posla anðela svojega i izbavi sluge svoje, koje se u nj pouzdaše i ne poslušaše zapovijesti careve i dadoše tjelesa svoja da ne bi služili niti se poklonili drugom bogu osim svojega Boga.
Nebuchadnezzar spake and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
29 Zato zapovijedam da se svaki kojega mu drago naroda i plemena i jezika, koji bi pohulio na Boga Sedrahova, Misahova i Avdenagova, da se isijeèe i kuæa da mu bude bunište, jer nema drugoga boga koji može tako izbaviti.
Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other god that is able to deliver after this sort.
30 Tada car uzvisi Sedraha, Misaha i Avdenaga u zemlji Vavilonskoj.
Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego in the province of Babylon.